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	Podcast:		Sinica Podcast
	Episode:		China Stories summer special: The best of This Week in China's HIstory
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		01:07:50
	Publish Date:		2023-08-24 18:00:00
	Description:		Something different this week on Sinica: A selection of "This Week in China's History" columns by James Carter, all narrated by Kaiser with a little interstitial music by Chunqiu (Spring & Autumn). The columns: Not just a metaphor: Dragons of imperial China show us how people lived (1517) The ‘Empress of China’ and the beginning of U.S.-China trade (1784) The rise of Empress Dowager Cixi (1861) In the 7th century, a Chinese coup of Shakespearean proportions (626) Titanic’s six Chinese survivors tell a story that goes far beyond a shipwreck (1912) The problem with Mao’s ‘continuous’ revolution (1967) The Battle of Red Cliffs and the blurring of fact and fiction (208-209) The music: snippets from The Huntsman The Last Page (intro) The Subcelestial A Call from Afar Between the Mountains and the Sea Born of the Storm Born of the Storm (again) A New Day The Last Page (outro) All these tracks and more are available on Spotify here or on YouTube here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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